Type-writer attachment.



PATENTED APR. 21, 1903.

' w E. BENSON.

TYPE WRITER ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATION IILED'JULY 9, 1902.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. BENSON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

TYPE-WRITER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming plart of Letters Batent No. 726,132, dated April21, 1903.

' Application file d tiny 9,1902. Serial No. 114,925 woman.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E; BENSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Typ'e WVriterAttach.- ments; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full,clear, and exact description of the. invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to cardholders for type-writing machines; and theobject of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive,v

and efficient device of this character capable of ready attachment tovarious type-writers.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby thecard-holder may be adjusted to receive cards of various lengths andsecurely hold them in position against a type-writer platen, so'thatthey may be printed upon by the type. I have illustrated and describedmy inven- 'tion herein'as adapted to the Underwood type-writer andconstructed to receive very narrow cards or strips; but it is obviousthat the device may, with slight modifications in construction, beapplied to any of the standard type-writers where its use maybedesirable. It will be understood, therefore, that I do'not limit'niyselfto .the details of construction herein shown'and described. W

The essence of the invention resides in the novel and peculiarcombination and arrange: ments of parts, including theirconstruction,

' as will be more fully describedin the following specification, andparticularly pointed out by the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodimentof myinvention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of an Underwood type-Writer,showing my device applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the devicedetached. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation. Fig. 4 is a cross section onthe line a: m of Fig. 1. Fig. 5

is an end viewof the rod and its attached member.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which like figures ofreference denote similar andcorresponding parts, 1 indicates a rodsuitably supported in position in front of and above the platen 2 of thetype-writer.

: This rod 1 supports, and carries an adjustable card-holder 3, whichcomprises a rod 4, to one end of which is preferably secured by solder aU-shaped piece 5, the overhanging ends 5 of which receive a secondU-shaped or trough piece 6, which is permanently secured,'preferably,toboth the U shaped piece 5 and the rod 4.. The second Ushaped or troughpiece preferably extends beyond the end of 1 the rod and thefirst-referred-to U-shaped piece, and this extended portion is providedwith a hole 6, the purpose of which will pres- One of the edges 6 ofently be apparent. theU-shaped or trough piece is preferably flaredoutwardly, and the opposite edge 6 has a downwardly-extending leg 6which'is preferably bent upon itself at the lower end to provide arecess 6 to receive one end of a card or slip to be printed upon.

A second card-holding member 7, similar in constructionto the,heretofore-described member, is slidable upon'the'rod 1 and has its topportion slotted for the purpose of permittingaset-screw8 to passtherethrough and engage screw-threaded apertures or holes 9 in the rod4. These apertures are made at various intervals in the upper face ofthe rod 4, and thus it will be seen that the slidable card-holdingmembenmay be secured at any desired-portion of the rod 4 to permit cardsof various lengths to be supported in the re cesses of the legs of thecard-holdingmemhers.

To provide for the device being placed in a'certain position along therod 1, a pin 10 is secured to the upper face of said rod and adapted toproject through the hole 6*, heretofore referred to.

of the card-holding members the device is placed in position by hookingthe lower U- shaped or trough pieces of the -card-holding members overthe rod 1. "The card within the device will then be brought directly in7 front of the platen and in position to be struck' by the type.

I am aware that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction and arrangements of parts herein shown and describedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention, and I thereforereserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scopeof my invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with atype-writer having a rod arranged in front of the platen and acard-supportin g device comprising a rod having a fixed card or slipholding member and an adjustable card or slip holding member, each ofwhich members is provided with a longitudinal substantially U-shapedinverted trough adapted to hook over the first-mentioned rod.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of atype-writer having a rod arranged in front of the platen provided with apin, and a cardsupporting device comprising a rod provided with a fixedcard-holding member and an adjustable card-holding member, said fixedcard-holding member having an eye or recess adapted to receive the pinof said first-mentioned rod.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of atype-writer and a cardsnpporting device comprising a rod, a fixedcard-holding member and a sliding card-holding member, each consistingof an inverted trough-like piece arranged over said rod and a secondtrough-like piece secured between the depending ends of saidfirst-mentioned trough-like piece and havinga depending leg providedwith means for supporting a card, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. BENSON.

\Vitnesses:

J. B. JACKSON, J r., J. M. COTTINGHAM.

